The First Vampire by Alicia Ryan

Author:Alicia Ryan [Ryan, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781469942261
Google: Q1GOtgAACAAJ
Amazon: 1469942267
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2011-04-20T14:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 29

Ariana opened her eyes and glared at Ash. “What did you do to me?” she demanded, spitting the words at him. Her eyes widened. “You!” she shouted, getting shakily but quickly to her feet.

Ash was gratified that she recognized him. Vampire blood released past-life memories in humans, but the results were not always predictable. He couldn’t give her much more of his blood without risking turning her, but he needed her to remember everything. If she remembered, he could finally get back to the business of hating her.

“Why aren’t you dead?” she asked, the hatred in her voice unmistakable, but somewhat unexpected.

Ash welcomed it, though, and gave her a cold, leering smile. “You’d like that wouldn’t you, Delilah?”

“Yes!” she shouted back.

“After all, you did your best to kill me before,” he said. “You almost succeeded.”

“You deserved everything you got, you miserable, selfish, arrogant bastard!”

The force of her fury took Ash aback. “What are you talking about?” he cried, crossing the short distance to stare down at her in disbelief. Her black eyes burned with fury and Ash hated himself for remembering how they’d once burned with other emotions. “You turned me over to the Philistines,” he reminded her, “to have my eyes burned out and be left to rot in a prison cell.” He grabbed her shoulder. “You sold me to them!”

Ariana lowered her voice, but it was no less virulent. Her gaze cut into him, making him aware that she didn’t seem to fear his superior size or strength. Ash knew a moment of relief that she wasn’t a vampire. She looked like she wanted to tear him to ribbons.

“It wasn’t for the silver, you ignorant lout.” The words seemed pulled from her against her will. “It was for my sister and my father.”

Ash’s brow furrowed. He tried to recall if he’d ever met her family. He didn’t think so. “Del, I think you’re confused,” he said. Maybe the sudden onslaught of all the memories of her past lives had been too much for her.

She stopped talking and looked him up and down. “You still look the same,” she said, her voice now reflecting the puzzlement Ash had expected.

Ash saw her eyes widen as she put a hand to her neck. There was no bleeding, but the two wounds were still there. She fingered them gingerly.

“What are you, Samson?” she asked.

“You were always a smart girl, Del,” he said, “too smart for your own good.” His voice was smooth, sinister. “You figure it out.”

He took a long stride and grabbed her by both arms this time. “And while you’re at it, maybe you can figure out why I’ve been looking for you all this time, and why I’d bother to give you your memories back before I killed you.”

Ariana looked at him through baleful eyes and laughed. “Please don’t tell me that you’ve been trying to track me down for 3,000 years just to kill me,” she said. “For heaven’s sake, I’ve died,” she paused, trying to count, “at least 20 times since then.

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